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  Free trees for your local area – 12th October 2012

  The Woodland Trust is offering community groups, youth groups and educational establishments the chance to apply for packs of free trees for delivery in March 2013. Whether groups are interested in helping wildlife; creating a faith, or inter-faith, green space; a community garden or allotment; ...

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  Highland Cows Moo-ve to campus – 11th October 2012

  The University of East Anglia (UEA) has had an udderly brilliant idea - to introduce cattle onto its Norwich campus to improve the biodiversity of the land.   Four Highland cows have taken up residence in a field at the western end of the university’s land. They will help to manage the diver...

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  Working together for a Common Cause – 9th October 2012

  We are all shaped by our culture. Culture is a key influence in shaping our view of the world and our sense of responsibilities within it The way in which we respond, both as individuals and collectively, to the most pressing problems that we face – climate change, poverty, inequality, biodive...

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  EAUC and Marshall ACM launch a free sustainability elearning resource for Members – 9th October 2012

  Marshall ACM has joined forces with Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) to create a free preview of their full sustainability training course.    This taster module, gives institutions valuable insights into the work of the EAUC and provides users with the opportunity to...

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  The Future of Education for Sustainable Development in the UK – 8th October 2012

  The EAUC are bringing together organisations and the Government following the strong educational commitments resulting from Rio+20. The EAUC has been very active in the lead up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, working with numerous sustainability focused Tertiary Education organisations across the globe...

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  Welsh Ministers Commend Green Impact! – 8th October 2012

  The National Union of Students (NUS) are honoured to announce that the Welsh Government have publicly commended the work that they do surrounding sustainability - including Green Impact. Leighton Andrews (Minister for Education and Skills) and John Griffiths (Minister for Environment and Sustain...

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  Earth hour launches new video for 2013 – 5th October 2012

  Earth Hour 2013 takes place at 8:30 PM on Saturday 23 March 2013. Earth Hour has grown from a one-city initiative in 2007 to the world's largest campaign for the planet, uniting hundreds of millions of people across 7001 cities and towns in 152 countries and territories.   The official 2013 video ...

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  Salix Energy Efficiency Loans Scheme - applications open – 3rd October 2012

  The Scheme allows public sector bodies, including Further and Higher Education Institutions, to apply for an interest free loan to finance up to 100% of the costs of energy efficiency projects. Any project put forward is required to meet the Salix Eligibility criteria which are set out in our online...

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  Green Academy – Education for Sustainable Development call for proposals – 3rd October 2012

  The HEA is currently inviting institutional teams to submit proposals to join the Green Academy change programme for 2012-13.   Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure to address the challenge of embedding sustainable development in the curriculum: employers are demanding susta...

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  2012 Green Gown Awards Australasia winners announced! – 1st October 2012

  ACTS is delighted to announce the winners and highly commended of the 2012 Green Gown Awards Australasia, and the 2012 ACTS Award of Excellence. You can download a copy of the winner’s brochure here   The winners were announced at a fabulous dinner and award ceremony at the prestigious Cu...

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  Recycling and reuse: share your experiences – 1st October 2012

  Higher Education institutions in the UK currently produce 1.5 million tonnes of waste per year. A significant proportion of this has the potential to be reused or recycled to save organisations money, reduce waste to landfill and avoid the use of raw resources to manufacture new products. Many of...

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  Universities and the green economy: graduates for the future – 27th September 2012

  The EAUC has been a contributor to an Higher Education Adademy (HEA) Think-Tank report published this week on universities and the green economy. While a number of universities are beginning to take curriculum reform seriously to ensure graduates are fit for 21st century citizenship and employme...

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  Significant Changes to Estates Environmental Recording at HESA – 27th September 2012

  An important revision of the Estates Management Statistics now called Estates Management Records was carried out recently with significant EAUC member input. The Association is particularly grateful to Karen Gallagher, Jo Hasbury, Paul Morris and HEFCE's Joanna Simpson who along with EAUC CEO Iain P...

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  Annual Conference 2012 carbon offset donation to University of York – 25th September 2012

  SkyGas: Development of a new technique for determining watershed/airshed gas fluxes It is now internationally accepted that climate change is a very real and important threat to the future of our ways of life for human populations across the entire planet. This has lead to major societal and pol...

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  Holistic approach – the key to surmounting a university’s energy efficiency challenge – 24th September 2012

  Schneider Electric, a Gold EAUC Company Member, is keen to share its vast experience in the education sector. In the October issue of University Business James Thackrah, their green building segment manager, explains why higher education authorities need to act now to address issues and look to part...

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  Go Green - Iain Patton on the role of universities in sustainability (University Business) – 24th September 2012

  From travel, to energy to, yes, even seafood and icemakers, sustainability is a word that is rarely off everyone’s lips these days, but what part do universities have to play in this ever-growing concern? Luke Dormehl from University Business investigates this complex issue in the October issu...

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  Book your table for the Green Gown Awards 2012 5 November, University of Birmingham – 19th September 2012

  The Green Gown Awards Ceremony will take place on Monday 5 November at The Great Hall, University of Birmingham. The Green Gown Awards black-tie ceremony brings together the leaders, drivers and thinkers of sustainability initiatives within the tertiary education sector. Show your support and get ...

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  Third round of the Revolving Green Fund - invitation out soon – 19th September 2012

  The HEFCE Board has approved a third round of the Revolving Green Fund which will provide at least £20 million capital funding for 2013-14 and 2014-15. The Revolving Green Fund provides recoverable grants to help higher education institutions (HEIs) in England reduce emissions. Institutions repa...

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  Leeds Metropolitan Sustainability Institute aims for near-zero energy – 18th September 2012

  Leading researchers in energy reduction in the built environment will gather at the University this month as part of a major international programme working towards achieving near-zero energy and carbon emissions in the industry. The Leeds Sustainability Institute has joined forces with universit...

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  Low Carbon Vehicle Public Procurement Programme Support for low carbon vans – 17th September 2012

  The Government’s Low Carbon Vehicle Public Procurement Programme (LCVPPP) was set up in 2007 to help stimulate the market for lower carbon vehicles. It has provided financial assistance to public sector organisations wishing to procure innovative, lower carbon vehicles for their fleets. In ...

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  EAUC CEO chosen to judge the Guardian University Awards – 12th September 2012

  The Guardian University Awards recognise best practice, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. In areas ranging from teaching best practice and innovation to campus facilities the awards will act as a benchmark for excellence and offer universities a seal of approval to endorse the...

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  EAUC announces dates for the 2013 Annual Conference – 11th September 2012

  17th EAUC Annual Conference   Situated in the heart of The University of Nottingham’s campus, the East Midlands Conference Centre ticks all the boxes by offering both delegates and exhibitors alike, ample meeting rooms/exhibition space and will be a great venue to help facilitate the networ...

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  Launch of the Sustainability Exchange - Education gets new ground-breaking knowledge bank – 10th September 2012

  The EAUC is delighted to announce the launch of the Sustainability Exchange, a pioneering centralised knowledge bank and community on sustainability. Leading organisations from across the further and higher education sector have joined forces to create the ‘Sustainability Exchange’ th...

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  EAUC Members recognised in THE Awards 2012 shortlist for sustainable development – 6th September 2012

  We'd like to offer congratulations to the EAUC Members who have been recognised for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development by being shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2012. Universities and their staff continue to be tested by the financial and political climate. But a...

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  Wiltshire College achieves prestigious environmental standard award! – 5th September 2012

  EAUC Member, Wiltshire College, is about to be accredited to the international standard for environmental management, ISO 14001; one of the most widely recognised environmental standards for organisations in the world. Very few colleges in England have achieved this demanding standard for the who...

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  Cycling Challenge prizes – 3rd September 2012

  Whether as a means of getting around locally for individuals and families, or for the daily commute, cycling presents a healthy, environmentally friendly, low cost form of transport. Nesta aim to increase the use of cycling as mode of transport by finding the innovations that best tackle security is...

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  Breathing LiFE into universities and colleges – 3rd September 2012

  The EAUC's article in the September issue of University Business focuses on the Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) programme. Since its launch last year, this comprehensive performance improvement system has been going from strength to strength. Developed and delivered by the EAUC, LiFE spe...

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  City University London bags EcoCampus Platinum Award and ISO 14001 certification – 22nd August 2012

  Significant goals attained by City in terms of managing environmental impact City's Environmental Management System (EMS) has been awarded an EcoCampus Platinum Award and ISO 14001 certification in recognition of the University's commitment to reducing its impact on the environment and in integra...

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  Higher Education Academy change services 2012-13 – 10th August 2012

  Higher education institutions (HEIs) and further eduaction (FE colleges) are facing unprecedented changes, which are challenging approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. Higher Education Academy (HEA) change services have been developed to help institutions, faculties and departments to adap...

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  Facebook share their carbon footprint – 10th August 2012

  By Adam Vaughan On 1 August 2012, Facebook has, for the first time, revealed the carbon footprint of its operations and its more than 900m users' likes, photo albums and status updates. The data, published on Wednesday, shows that despite the social networking's rising star, its carbon emissions...

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  An Olympian Sustainability Effort – 10th August 2012

  Trina Innes, Director (Office of Sustainability) at University of Alberta reflects on sustainability as the heart of the London 2012 Olympic games, and examines the parallels in integrating sustainability in the games and athletes with that of institutitions. An Olympian Sustainability Effort ...

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  Universities chosen in pioneering social entrepreneurship initiative – 10th August 2012

  Social entrepreneurship is a rapidly growing movement within the higher education (HE) sector. A £2 million HE support initiative, funded by HEFCE, and delivered by UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, has now selected 56 higher education institutions (HEIs) from across England to lead a ...

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  Important next steps for the Green Deal – 9th August 2012

  £7m loan to The Green Deal Finance Company to help ensure it is ready to offer finance to Green Deal Providers in early 2013 HM Treasury announces that Green Deal will be an early candidate for the use of infrastructure guarantees Green Deal registration opens today allowing organisa...

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  Green Gown Awards 2012 shortlist announced – 6th August 2012

  The EAUC are delighted to announce the shortlist of applicants for this year’s Green Gown Awards. 2012 has proved to be another excellent year for applications to the Awards, the most prestigious recognition of best practice within the tertiary education sector.  View the 2012 shortlist No...

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  Making ICT Green – 27th July 2012

  The EAUC has recently launched its new Green ICT Community of Practice (COP). So, to celebrate the launch and explain the increasing need for more efficient information services, we asked COP Convenor Gaurav Malik and his colleague Mike Kretsis from the University of East London to discuss the benef...

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  Renewable energy to bring £25 billion of investment into UK economy – 26th July 2012

  Changes to subsidies for renewable electricity could incentivise between £20 billion and £25 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017. The Banding Review for the Renewables Obligation will support jobs and deliver more clean power with a reduction in costs to consumers betw...

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  DECC HQ slashes energy use – 26th July 2012

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been awarded a new, improved Display Energy Certificate (DEC) rating of ’C’ for its headquarters building. A DEC is measure of the energy efficiency of a building, which is rated on a scale of A to G, with A being the most efficie...

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  Who is a Student Recycling Champion? – 25th July 2012

  Competition finalists chosen for a chance to work at Reading Festival A nationwide search for a team of Student Recycling Champions to help spread the green message at Reading Festival, has announced its ten lucky finalists. The ten finalists are Rebecca Smith, Southampton University; Zac Hill,...

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  Project Green Challenge – 23rd July 2012

  Project Green Challenge is a student engagement tool using a fun, simple and high-impact series of daily challenges over 30 days. Inspire your students to learn, take action, and sustain our world. With the guidance of eco experts, industry leaders, and the PGC Green Guide, participants discover how...

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  Flytipping Small Grant Scheme – 23rd July 2012

  During the financial year 2010/11 local authorities reported that they dealt with an estimated 62,400 incidents of flytipping. This not only has resource implications but indicates the scale of illegal waste disposal. Flytipping is a problem because: it costs millions of pounds every ye...

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  Providing certainty for Feed-in Tariffs – 23rd July 2012

  The Government has published its response to its Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) consultation. The Government aims to provide greater certainty for investors in small scale electricity technologies and a fair deal for consumers. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, has now clarified future arr...

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  Switch off and save energy – 16th July 2012

  UK homes are consuming much more electricity than previously estimated, a report has suggested. The report, commissioned by DECC and the Energy Saving Trust, found that up to 16% of households' energy bills are spent on devices left on standby. It is estimated that domestic energy use accounts fo...

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  Green graduates optimistic about the future – 16th July 2012

  The future is looking bright for Green Jobs, according to a new survey charting the views of environmental graduates. More than 500 people responded to the survey, which reviewed how green graduates feel about their current role, the jobs market in general and the support available to them. Aroun...

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  EAUC responds - UK Quality Code for Higher education - chapter B3 – 16th July 2012

  The EAUC has now submitted its response to the consultation currently being carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) on Chapter B3: Learning and teaching of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education. Effective learning and teaching requires a partnership between lear...

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  David Attenborough calls for help as butterflies face worst year ever (Guardian) – 12th July 2012

  The Big Butterfly Count, taking place in the worst year on record for the insects, will alert conservationists to species most at risk If this summer's 50 shades of grey are getting you down, imagine how miserable it is to be a winged insect. In what is shaping up to be the worst year on record f...

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  DECC - Public attitudes survey results – 11th July 2012

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set up a tracking survey to understand and monitor public attitudes to the Department’s main business priorities. The summary note presents headline findings from the first wave of the survey. The survey will run four times a year, with...

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  Read our June LiFE newsletter – 28th June 2012

  We've just published our June 2012 LiFE newsletter which brings you a bumper update on all the latest news and developments from the LiFE team. This issue puts the spotlight on the University of Northampton who have signed up to LiFE to bring colleagues together from across the institution to link s...

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  The Future Fit Framework – 28th June 2012

  An introductory guide to teaching and learning for sustainability in HE This comprehensive ‘what, why and how’ guide was commissioned and is published by the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Written and compiled by Professor Stephen Sterling, Centre for Sustainable Futures, Plymouth Univ...

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  WRAP - Leading hospitality and food service companies sign up to waste agreement – 27th June 2012

  Compass, Domino’s Pizza, Greene King, Greggs, McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd, Unilever Food Solutions, amongst major players signed up from across the UK UK businesses could save up to £76 million by end of 2015 Sector can cut carbon impact of food and associated packaging wa...

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  Computer Aid launches summer holiday appeal to education sector – 26th June 2012

  UK based charity launches summer holiday appeal to education sector for unwanted computers and monitors Computer Aid International calls on the UK education sector to donate their used IT equipment for reuse in schools, colleges and universities across Africa and Latin America when they upgrade o...

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  Awarding Sustainability Excellence - Green Gown Awards 2012 – 26th June 2012

  This month's University Business article focuses on Stage 1 entries of the Green Gown Awards. With 14 categories, including two entirely new categories and an International Award for three categories, this year is set to be better than ever.  Categories are open to all post-16 educational institu...

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  Top US universities put their reputations online – 25th June 2012

  'This autumn more than a million students are going to take part in an experiment that could re-invent the landscape of higher education.' This article, taken from the BBC News website, discusses an experiment in the US to deliver higher education courses online - cutting out the need to attend u...

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  News from Rio – 22nd June 2012

  Earlier this week saw the official opening of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The watering down of the language to achieve greater levels of agreement has resulted in a many NGOs rejecting the Future we Want document and declaring the conference a failure. Other...

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  The Future We Want - Rio+20 text confirmed – 20th June 2012

  The Rio+20 negotiations have now concluded and a final text has been agreed.  'The Future We Want' intends to put society on a more sustainable path. The text has yet to be signed off by heads of government and ministers but it is unlikely that any changes will be made to the content of the docum...

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  New set of LiFE videos launched – 20th June 2012

  Seven months after its launch, LiFE is continually evolving and participants are actively feeding in and shaping how it develops. We're committed to arming you with the tools you need to understand how it can benefit you and, if you're already convinced, to help you obtain internal buy-in. This is a...

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  End of hosepipe ban to benefit 15 million people – 19th June 2012

  More than 15 million people in the south and east of England are able to fill paddling pools and water lawns again when hosepipe bans were lifted on Thursday 14 June. Three of the UK's biggest water companies – Anglian Water, Southern Water and Thames Water – announced the end of the res...

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  12th International ACTS Conference - Call for Papers deadline approaching! – 18th June 2012

  12th International ACTS Conference 26th-28th September 2012, Brisbane The call for papers and presentations submission deadline will close soon! Make sure you send in your submission in by 27th June 2012. Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) invites abstracts from the  global ...

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  Easier being green when there's a bottom-line gain – 14th June 2012

  Academy is making strides on sustainability, but water use is on the rise The sector is getting greener on a number of measures - except for water consumption, where there is limited financial imperative to cut down on use. That is the finding of a Times Higher Education analysis of environmen...

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  New round of LSIS funding launched, new RSAs appointed – 12th June 2012

  Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) have launched a new round of the Stepping Up in Sustainability Fund on Friday 1 June. The Stepping Up in Sustainability Fund exists to support projects to develop, expand and embed effective approaches to sustainable development, and to share these a...

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  The greenest way of drying hands – 12th June 2012

  According to the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study of Hand Drying Systems done by Materials Systems Laboratory at MIT, Dyson Airblade hand dryers has the lowest environmental impact comapred to all other possible hand drying systems. LCA study with full sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, conducte...

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  Campaign your way to sustainability! – 12th June 2012

  Next week, 18th - 24th June 2012, is a bumper week for sustainability campaigns. With the EU's Sustainable Energy Week, Recycle Week, and even Bike Week taking place, there are lots of events and promotions to get involved with. EU Sustainable Energy Week, an initiative of the European Commission...

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  DECC sets out the next steps for the Green Deal – 12th June 2012

  On Monday 11 June the DECC set out the secondary legislation that will give industry the green light to bring the Green Deal energy efficiency market into operation, alongside measures to strengthen consumer protection and reduce industry burdens and introducing a new, improved energy company obliga...

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  Higher Education Treaty for Rio+20 – 11th June 2012

  Rio+20 will bring together the largest gathering of Heads of State that the world has ever seen. This UN meeting is to assess progress to date and to define new sustainable development governance frameworks and goals. It will provide an opportunity to re-affirm visions for a sustainable future; to r...

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  Southampton Blackout – 7th June 2012

  "For the past six years we have completed a waste audit at the University of Southampton, and we’ve always been impressed with the number of our students who are prepared to give up their Wednesday afternoon to sort through rubbish! So, what could be simpler than applying this to our energy ...

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  Competition to win a chance to work at Reading Festival – 31st May 2012

  Are you a Student Recycling Champion? A nationwide search for a team of Student Recycling Champions to help spread the green message at Reading Festival, is now open for entry. The brand new competition promises its winners the chance to see behind the scenes at Reading Festival and make a valua...

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  Learning in Future Environments: a lesson in sustainability – 31st May 2012

  We're proud to announce that Learning in Future Environments reached the longlist for the Innovation category for the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards 2012. The Guardian Sustainable Business Best Practice Exchange contains articles on all the initiatives that met the criteria for the GSB Awa...

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  EAUC Members lead the way in the Green League – 29th May 2012

  With the results of this year’s Green League going live today, the EAUC are delighted to see so many of its Members leading the way in the top rankings. EAUC Members represent 92% of the institutions placed in the 2012 Green League which shows that these institutions are proactively using t...

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  Join the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues – 28th May 2012

  With just three weeks to go until the Earth Summit, the EAUC would like to encourage all its Members to join the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues and have their say. Tying in with the 'Aiming higher, unlocking tertiary education's potential to accelerate sustainable development and the tr...

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  DECC Press Release - Next steps on collective purchasing for a better energy deal – 28th May 2012

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have issued the following press release on collective energy purchasing schemes. Davey: Next steps on collective purchasing for a better energy deal Energy Secretary Edward Davey has published practical advice for energy consumers looking t...

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  DECC Press Release - Certainty for Solar – 28th May 2012

  The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have issued this press release on regulations for the Feed-in Tariffs scheme. Certainty for Solar DECC is introducing regulations today to put the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme on a more predictable, certain and sustainable footing for hou...

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  IT through the looking glass – 23rd May 2012

  This month's issue of University Business discusses IT with Platinum Sponsors of the 2012 EAUC Annual Conference, Iceotope. 'Wouldn’t it be strange if we considered that a computer is actually one of the most efficient ways of turning electricity into heat and the computer portion is, in real...

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  12th International ACTS Conference - Call for Reviewers – 21st May 2012

  The organising committee for the 12th International Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) Conference is calling for reviewers to referee paper submissions for the conference. Refereed Papers are those that are written with the intention of being published in the conference proceedin...

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  £100 million fund to boost university and private collaboration - open for bids – 21st May 2012

  A new £100 million investment fund to support research partnerships between universities, businesses, charities and philanthropic donors has opened for bids, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts has announced. The Research Partnership Investment Fund is open to UK universities for inv...

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  Every Can Count helps Durham University go green – 21st May 2012

  New video shows how a drinks can recycling programme is helping Durham University achieve its sustainability goals. As universities across the country look to reduce waste and operate more sustainably, improving recycling rates is playing an increasingly significant role in achieving environmental ...

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  Rio+20 - One month to go! – 15th May 2012

  Two weeks ago we brought you the exciting news that the EAUC, in collaboration with a number of international partners, will be holding a side event at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June. The full title of the side event is ‘Aiming higher, unlocking tertiary education's ...

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  Hamilton College’s energy dashboard – 15th May 2012

  Our relationship with AASHE grants us an insight into work being carried out on campuses on an international scale. Hamilton College, New York, are committed to protecting and sustaining the environment through institutional processes, management of facilities, and curriculum. This leadership ext...

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  Newsletter CBS Goes Green – 15th May 2012

  Copenhagen Business School (CBS) have been busy cooking up their plan for 2012. If you’d like to take a look into their plans, why not view their latest newsletter below.

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  Food redistribution is a win-win solution for food waste – 11th May 2012

  Companies, charities and individuals can all benefit from the redistribution of surplus food to those who need it. Tonnes of fresh produce is consigned to the garbage heap on a consistent basis and it doesn't take an environmental activist to work out that wasting produce on this scale is a sub-o...

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  UK environment agency backs fracking, nuclear power – 9th May 2012

  **press release** The chairman of the environment agency for England and Wales voiced support for shale gas extraction - which critics say can pollute ground water and cause earth tremors - and he backed government plans to expand nuclear power generation. Shale gas is extracted using a techno...

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  Vacancies for Regional Sustainability Advisers – 9th May 2012

  Last week LSIS launched an opportunity for three individuals to join their team of Regional Sustainability Advisers, working in the following regions: London South East Yorkshire and the Humber With an LSIS grant of £10,000 and support from an LSIS associate acting as a crit...

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  Call for refurbishment projects to pilot BREEAM Refurbishment criteria – 8th May 2012

  BREEAM are currently drafting the BREEAM Refurbishment criteria for non-domestic buildings and are looking for refurbishment projects that can be used to pilot the scheme. It is important that they have buildings from the higher education sector represented in the pilot so that they can ensure the c...

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  The Effective Laboratory – 8th May 2012

  S-Lab is an initiative with a purpose to create more effective laboratories arising from the financial, customer, user, regulatory and other pressures they are susceptible to. It originated with support from the four UK HE funding bodies and has its centre of gravity in universities but increasingly...

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  Rio+20 EAUC side event confirmed! – 1st May 2012

  We WILL have a voice at Rio! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been keeping you up to date with our progress with Rio+20 – more specifically, ensuring that sustainable development is on the agenda and that EAUC Members have voice. We’ve been working hard with a number of internationa...

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  Continued heavy rain south of Britain increases flood fears – 1st May 2012

  There were fears that many parts of England and Wales faced further flooding on Tuesday 1 May as heavy rain continued to drench southern Britain after the wettest April since records began (1910). The Environment Agency are particularly concerned about conditions in Somerset, Dorset and Devon &nd...

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  People needed for research on education for sustainable development (ESD) – 30th April 2012

  Jane Ward from NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) has been on sabbatical from 6 April 2012 to carry out research into learning for sustainability (ESD) and is looking for adult learners (19+) and their tutors to contribute to this research. Jane is researching policy and pra...

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  The Effective Laboratory Conference – 30th April 2012

  Good Practice and Great Networking to Inform and Inspire National Science Learning Centre, York, June 12-13 THIS CONFERENCE has been organised by S-Lab in association with the National HE-STEM Programme (and the University of Bradford Greening STEM Legacy project which it is funding) plus a nu...

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  Sharing resources across the globe – 30th April 2012

  This month's issue of University Business shares the excellent news that EAUC Members now have access to resources across the globe. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in America and Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) have come together wit...

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  QMU receives Outstanding Leadership recognition in national awards – 24th April 2012

  The management team at Queen Margaret University (QMU) has been shortlisted for a prestigious higher education sector leadership award. Within three years QMU has been transformed from a university facing many challenges in terms of its finances, strategy and organisational culture, to one with a cl...

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  New JISC-funded SusteIT tool for ICT-related carbon, electricity and costs – 24th April 2012

  Updated Footprint Tool and Cost Figures A new version of the JISC-funded SusteIT Footprinting Tool is now available with revised default figures for equipment energy and a power usage effectiveness (PUE) calculator. An accompanying report analyses the results of 27 UK colleges and universities wh...

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  HEI sustainability initative for Rio+20 declaration – 23rd April 2012

  On the occasion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012, the leaders of the international academic community are called upon to commit to the development of sustainable practices for Higher Education Institutions. They are invited to sign on to the Declaration below. With the 1992...

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  WRAP's Facilities Management Client Interactive Toolkit: User Review – 17th April 2012

  WRAP is working with Government and leading private sector clients and contractors in the Facilities Management (FM) sector to identify resource and cost savings. To help practitioners to specify and measure these savings, WRAP is developing an interactive toolkit to provide clients procuring or...

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  Logica launches ‘Sustainability Stories’ competition - your chance to win €20,000 – 17th April 2012

  One European project in line for €20,000 prize A competition to search for innovative projects that are delivering a more sustainable future for local communities has been launched by Logica, a leading business and technology service company. www.Sustainability-Stories.com has been creat...

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  Earth Week 2012 – 16th April 2012

  With Earth Day 2012 approaching, the government’s failure to make any positive movements toward preserving the environment is continually frustrating us. Sunday 22nd April sees Earth Day 2012 which has been created as a platform for individuals to raise their voices and unite for a sustainable...

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  Britain needs more rain – 16th April 2012

  Two very dry winters has led to a drought for almost all of England. There have certainly been rainy winters in previous years however with a consistent change in climate; we are now seeing consecutive dry winters which have a direct impact on our farmers, wildlife and landscape which will inevitabl...

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  2012 Annual Conference raffle – 10th April 2012

  2012 Annual Conference raffle At the 2012 Annual Conference, we held our usual Annual Conference raffle. With some fantastic prizes up for grabs, delegates were very excited prior to the prize draw which was held at the Iceotope Conference Gala Dinner on Wednesday 28th March! A visit to the spons...

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  Sustainability is at the heart of South Staffordshire College – 3rd April 2012

  South Staffordshire College, this year's earth magazine 'learning journey' case study, has hosted a sustainability event to support its strategic "Sustainability Energy’’ plan and to outline the Government’s "Rural Economy Grant’’. Following the recent announcement o...

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  EAUC Annual General Meeting results 2012 – 2nd April 2012

  This year's Annual General Meeting took place on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at the University of York. Voting has been taking place by representatives from our Educational Membership institutions and the results were announced during the AGM. We received 3 nominations for the 2 available trustee vacan...

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  Green awards at the double for University – 2nd April 2012

  EAUC Member, Sheffield Hallam University, has had a fresh endorsement of its green credentials by reaching a new certificate for its energy management. The university has received the ISO 50001 (Energy Management System) standard following audits by the British Standards Institution (BSI). ISO...

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  Nature deficit disorder 'damaging Britain's children' - BBC news – 30th March 2012

  With the closing plenary speech from Satish Kumar at the EAUC Conference causing such discussion, it's great to see his messages being reiterated so clearly in a recent BBC news item over the weekend. We're also pleased to see Dr David Pencheon commenting on these findings as our day 2 keynote speak...

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  UK Government loses Feed-in Tariff appeal – 26th March 2012

  The UK Government has failed in its attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court over its plan to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes. In it's judgement, the Supreme Court said it could not challenge a High Court ruling that blocked the halving of payments to households generating solar energy. ...

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